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#ifndef PX_STRING_TABLE_H
#define PX_STRING_TABLE_H

#include "foundation/PxPreprocessor.h"


#if !PX_DOXYGEN
namespace physx
{
#endif

/**
 *	\brief a table to manage strings.  Strings allocated through this object are expected to be owned by this object.
 */
class PxStringTable
{
protected:
	virtual ~PxStringTable(){}
public:
	/**
	 *	\brief Allocate a new string.
	 *
	 *	\param[in] inSrc Source string, null terminated or null.
	 *	
	 *	\return *Always* a valid null terminated string.  "" is returned if "" or null is passed in.
	 */
	virtual const char* allocateStr( const char* inSrc ) = 0;

	/**
	 *	Release the string table and all the strings associated with it.
	 */
	virtual void release() = 0;
};

#if !PX_DOXYGEN
} // namespace physx
#endif

#endif
